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Circular economy: European Parlement back plans to boost recycling and cut landfilling
Statistics for 2014 suggest that 44% of all municipal waste in the EU is recycled or composted. This compares to just 31% in 2004, and by 2020 EU member states should be recycling or composting over 50% of waste. In 2014, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden sent virtually no municipal waste to landfill, whereas Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Latvia and Malta still landfill more than three quarters of their municipal waste. Although waste management in the EU has improved considerably in recent decades, almost a third of municipal waste is still landfilled and less than half is recycled or composted, with wide variations between member states. Improving waste management could deliver benefits for the environment, climate, human health and the economy. As part of a shift in EU policy towards a circular economy, the European Commission made four legislative proposals introducing new waste-management targets regarding reuse, recycling and landfilling. The proposals also strengthen EU provisions on waste prevention and extended producer responsibility, and streamline definitions, reporting obligations and calculation methods for targets.
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Philadelphia City Councilman Introduces Bill To Ban Almost All Single-Use Plastic Bags In City
Previous attempts to limit plastic bags in the city have failed.
PhD candidates Industrial Ecology | H2020 project “Sustainable Recovery, Reprocessing and Reuse of Rare-Earth Magnets in a Circular Economy” (SUSMAGPRO), 2 positions —
The demand for strong (NdFeB) magnets will increase rapidly in the coming decades as a result of our push toward newer forms of clean energy Magnets are used in wind turbines, electromotors and generators.
Ikea will ditch single-use plastics by 2020
The global retailer with 363 stores wants its customers to live more sustainably.
Many of America’s Schools Aren’t Fully Accessible for Students With Disabilities
In a new Government Accountability Office report, districts cite funding constraints as the main reason for not making their buildings accessible, a longstanding problem.
National trust to stop selling single-use plastics in its cafés by 2022
The National Trust has revealed that it will stop selling single-use plastics by 2022, following the action of eliminating plastic from its disposable cups and cutlery, opting for biodegradable products. It will also withdraw throwaway plastic bottles from sale across its 343 cafés and tea rooms and will swap all single-use plastic bottles for glass bottles in all sit-down cafés by the end of 2018.